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martinroos1 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Control mouse movement through processing Aug 31st, 2007, 11:34am   Is it possible to control the mouse via a serial input (such as an Arduino board) fed through processing? I wasn't sure if this was possible, but if anyone can enlighten me I would much appreciate it! Thanks.

JohnG Ex Member	Re: Control mouse movement through processing Reply #1 - Aug 31st, 2007, 11:36am   Yes it is possible with the Java Robot class: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html However, be aware that you'll not be able to use this in sketches you export to the web, but if all you're doing is running a sketch locally, there should be no problem.

martinroos1 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: Control mouse movement through processing Reply #2 - Aug 31st, 2007, 11:46am   Thanks - the info is much appreciated. I am only intending on using this on my machine so that should cause no problem.

HackerLastPip YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 24	Re: Control mouse movement through processing Reply #3 - Mar 29th, 2008, 11:55pm   John, Do you know why it's not possible to use a sketch with a Robot on the web?  Is it a problem with Processing, Java, or the browser?

JohnG Ex Member	Re: Control mouse movement through processing Reply #4 - Mar 30th, 2008, 12:58am   It's a Java security measure, to stop any old applet seizing your mouse and not letting go. You can use it, but the applet has to be signed I think.